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    The surname Kirchhoff

    A German surname, carried by 1,851 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex K621

    Kirchhoff: #15,748 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Kirchhoff #15,748, 1,851 people Kirchhoff: #15,748 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Kirchhoff #15,748, 1,851 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kirchhoff is more common than 90.3% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Borrowed from German Kirchhoff.

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,851 people named Kirchhoff in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 166,799 Americans. That is up 8.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,711.

    #15,748
    rank among US surnames
    1,851
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.2%
    change since 2000 (was #15,676)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,743Blossom1,852166,709
    #15,748Grondin1,851166,799

    Who is named Kirchhoff

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    95% of people named Kirchhoff identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Kirchhoff

    Kirchhoff has the Soundex code K621, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K621.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Kirchhoff come from?
    Borrowed from German Kirchhoff.
    How common is the surname Kirchhoff?
    1,851 people in the United States had the surname Kirchhoff in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 166,799 Americans. It ranked 15,748th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kirchhoff?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Kirchhoff identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Kirchhoff getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,711 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,851 in 2010, up 8.2%.
    What are other spellings of Kirchhoff?
    Kirchoff and Kirchhoffer.